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Officials identify man who prompted standoff at Denver hotel

Denver police have Zuni Street north of Speer Boulevard blocked off while they deal with a standoff situation in a hotel room at the Budget Host Inn at 27th and Wyandot Street Tuesday night, Nov. 27, 2012. A suspected burglar is holed up inside the hotel. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

Omar Dwaik (Provided by Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)

The man at the center of Tuesday night's standoff has been identified as Omar Dwaik, 32, and is being held at the Arapahoe County jail.

The standoff at a Denver motel began when an Englewood resident came home to find an armed man in the apartment threatening the victim with a gun, Englewood police said Wednesday.

"The victim stated the man discharged the weapon in the apartment" before locking the resident in an interior room, according to a police statement.